The architect of Britain’s exit from the EU, Nigel Farage, admits that Brexit has failed


16/05/2023

Updated at 16:01

Former leader of the Brexit party, Nigel Farage, He considered the divorce between London and Brussels to have been a “flop” and accused the Conservatives of not being able to capitalize on Britain’s departure from the European Union.

Known as the “architect of Brexit” and also chair of UKIP, he made these comments during an interview with BBC Newsnight on Monday, in which he took the opportunity to criticize British politicians for being “as useless as commissioners” in Brussels. the Tory government is incapable of controlling the borders and solving the problem of illegal immigration. Of course, when asked whether it would be better if the state continued to be part of the group of peoples, he emphatically replied that “I don’t believe it for a moment”, though he qualified that “what I do believe is that in reality we have not benefited financially from Brexit” as far as “we can do it”.

“We’ve handled this completely wrong, and if you look at simple things” like “corporate tax, we’re keeping businesses out of our country.” “Brexit has failed,” said the politician, who did not rule out a return, as when asked about it he replied that “he would not rule it out.” And he added that “it’s not at the top of my wish list but, frankly, we haven’t met the borders, we haven’t met Brexit. The Tories have failed us,” they have done “very, very badly,” he said. However, he acknowledged that “arguably now that we are back in control, we are more in control of our own business” than when the country was part of the Club of the Twenty. Seven, which is full of hope.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman insisted after Farage’s remarks that Rishi Sunak did not share his opinion on Brexit. “The prime minister has spoken about the benefits of Brexit on a number of occasions,” he said, detailing that, for example, “only thinking about agriculture”, divorce has brought “benefits”. “Now we have a more equitable system adapted for UK farmers after Brexit,” he said, explaining that thanks to leaving the EU, the sector has “the freedom to use gene editing technologies to allow farmers to mimic natural reproduction processes” which help them get “good crops”. more nutritious and productive”.


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